The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-06
A GOOD STORY.
How Some College Boys Robbed a Hem
house and the Result.
F'rom "a .4tIoRta Co JoltrRdk.

11OW oomS Colloss oOy9 I'NooSo q A~S'A-
house and the Result.
From the Atlanta (CTaD Journal
In the carly wears of This century when
To-, -, -. 80 a,,o,,e,h fo,. tho aver
A'S uSe' wac 49,
age Georgian, a certain DOCTOR preslueo over
Franklin College
The simple habits of their disnified sires
did NOT rravart tha bovs of those DAVIS from
bavino ttbei,. f,nN-in3ead thev carried ON
an an3ount ~ da1,i,ment which the colIege
hovs Of tbesl ,eStlass times would consider
ve,.v rasnactabIe
The h6VS thonobt that ANYTHING was fair
which would mslSa one of the faculty the
victim of io,+n and ON ono occasion they
laid a darl. Slot 10 roh fhe doctor's noultl.v
ward and afterva,dS caIehrate the event Nv
a midnight banonet
The doctoTis rhickeps were the nride If
his dor, aSt;c asto hi;sh',ar+ and he had buiIt
for their Recommendations a loo house The
loas were s.notched DOWN at the corners
and held in Mace nv their own WEIGHT and
that of the roof
Az late hour tha bovs ranairad IN tbe
hen. house armed with q fence rail n was
an eaSv mattar IN insert the rail het1veen
two loys and n,,iya mn +bosa above en- MS 10
make an one oSenfino throuob which a man
couId crawl danner Tounr fellow. who
had visited the doctors dauqbters. went in
and bepau to mil the chickens off the roost
and wrino their neclrs While he did so the
bows outside kent their weight on the rail
and so kent the crack open for his escape
The nice Young man. whom we will call
Rob. had dronned about a dozen chickens
outside and the whole crowd was in high
plee over the prospectiye banquet. Just
then n bip old rooster. cacllled
Look ont. Bob: break that ROSTERS neck
and ston his noise y
There was a low prowl.
Grows. Won have let these logs down too
low. lift them a little so [ can get ont Be
ouicl, about itrD
At that instant there was a loud bark and
n bio dog bounded into the noultrv ward
| The bows on the outside for an instant stood
| their. ground They dronned tho raipanI
grabbed chance weapons to beat off the dog,
| hut before thew could disable him the back
| door of the doctors residence, onened and
| his tall fip,lre aDpeared The bovs scattered
| all hut one.
The logs had come topether aqain and Bob
was prisoner. He crorched in a corner
and held his breath. hoping that he would
be overlooked. but the dog told where he
| was.
Rv this time the doctor had come IN and
other members of the family came ont,
eager tn see who was caught in fine man
| tran
oNhv its Rob
"Wh0 would have thouoht itp, The az
| clamations were heard in the honsa and
echoed hv the voung ladies Then the door
of the loo house was onened and the vonne
man was sent To the dormitorv He was
called before the faculty the next morn;ney
The moor fellow womId have sold himself for
a song. and expected to be personal---very. ex-
PEELED and perhaps prosecuted.
| Meantime the doctor. had tbought tbe
matter over 9a was q man of oreat 60
gacitv in the management of hovs and he
recognized this freak as a niece Of wild mis-.
| chief which MIGHT not he meanness He
resolved TO give tbe matter such disnosition
as would nut a sober head ON tbe vonnp
man. Accordingly. when the downcast Ho5
anneared LOOKING like criminal the doctor.
| lectuTed him severely hut in fatherlv wa v
| and told him that snch an ofFense must not
90 without a.severe punishment
Rob exnected TO hear the sentence of his